Ice-creeper.



- creeper applied thereto.

`UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIOE.

HALLEY THOMPSON KAHO, OF SENEcAviLLE, OHIO.

ICE-OREEPER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led January 13, 190.6. Serial No. 295.913.

Patented oet. 23, 1906.

To all whom it may concern: e it known that I, HALLEY THoMPso KAHO, acitizen of the United States of America, residing atSenecaville, in thecounty of Guernsey and State of Ohio, have invented certain new anduseful I m rovements in Ice- Creepers, of which the fol owing is aspecification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new' and useful improvements inice-creepers; and the invention has for its primary object to provide anovel form of creeper which can be easily and quickly attached to the'sole4 of a shoe to prevent the wearer of the shoe from' slipping uponice or smooth surfaces.

Another object of this invention is to provide an ice-creeper which-willbe extremely simple ,in construction, strong and durable, comparativelyinexpensive tamanufacture, and one which can be easily and quicklyattached and detached from a shoe.

With the above and other objects inview the invention consists 1n thenovel construe-- plan view of the ice-creeper. Fig. 3 is a' rear edgeview of the soleplate of the creeper.

Fig. 4 is a similar view of the locking-plate of the creeper.

To .put my invention into practice, I construct my improved ice-creepero a soleplate 1 and a locking-plate 2. The sole plate and thelocking-plate are preferably cut or sheared from strong and durablesheetmetal and bent to-conform to the desired i shapes. A The sole-plate1 is formed with two converging straps'3 3 and a' transverse curvedstrap 4. The intersection of the straps 3 3 forms a lug 5, which 1s bentat right ,angles to the straps 3 3. The transverse strap 4 is formedwith lugs 6 6, Which are bent, as at 7 7, similar to the lug The sidesofthe sole-plate are provided with o utwardlyfextending lugs 8 8, theselugs belng bent downwardly, as at 9 9, to grip the ed es yof the sole 10of the shoe. lTo place the so etransverse strap plate upon a shoe, theplate is moved rearwardly fromthe toe upon the bottom of the sole v10until the edges of the soley are engaged inthelugs88. i

The locking-plate has its edges provided with lugs 11 11 similar to thelugs 8 8, these lugs bein ada ted to engage the'instep portion of t elso e 10. The one edge 'of the locking-plate is provided with a pivotedlever 12, and pivotally connected to said lever, as at 14, is a bar 15,the Opposite end of said bar being pivotally connected to the 4 of thesole-plate, as at 16'.

The edges of t e locking-plate opposite the pivoted end of the 1ever 12is sheared or cut and bent to formtwo upwardly-extending'l lugs 17 and18. y n Figs. 1 vand 2 of the drawings I have Villustrated my improvedice-creeper as in posiamount of movement between the two plates. -Whenthe lever 12 is moved into engagement `with the lugs 17 and 18, thelever rides upon the lug 17 until it engages beneath the lug 18, atwhich time the pivotal points of the lever 12 and the bar 15'will be 1nlon.

gitudinal alinement with one another, conseuently holding the plates 1and 2 upon a s oe.

As the lugs 5 and 7 7 protrude downwardly from the sole of the shoe, thewearer of the shoe will be prevented from slipping or fall. ing upon iceor smooth surfaces, and lthese depending lugs may be provided with sharpedges orprongs to engage in the surface withl which they contact.

It is obvious that my improved ice-creeper will be iliade of varioussizes to iit various sizes of shoes, and while l have herein describedthe preferred form oi constructing the ice-creeper it will be noted thatvarious changes may be resorted to as arev permissible by the appendedclaim.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-`- Anice-creeper consisting of a sole-plate and a locking plate, upwardlyextendin lugscarried by said sole-plate and adapte iro to engage theopposite edges of a sole, deto engage said lever to hold it in alinementpending lugs carried by said plate, upwardywith said bar, substantiallyas described. 1o extending lugs carried by said looking-plate Intestimony whereof I afix my signature and adapted to engage the op ositeedges of I in the presence of two witnesses.

the instep portion of a. sole, a. fever pivotally y H. THOMPSON KAHO.connected to said locking-plate, a bar pivot- Witnesses:

ally connected to said soie-plate and to said W. F. MOORHEAD,

lever, lugs depending from the looking-plate H. V. STOMBURUN.

